Prof. Ted Postol: Can Air Defense Stop Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles? Inside the Assessment
Summary
In this episode, guest Ted Postol analyzes video footage of the recent Iranian missile attack on Jordan, concluding that Patriot PAC-3 interceptors achieved only one successful hit while PAC-2s failed completely. He argues that Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have fraudulently misrepresented the system's performance for decades, citing a 1991 Gulf War advertisement that manipulated imagery to show false intercepts. Postol details the technical limitations of the PAC-3's radar and agility, warning that a proposed cheaper variant will be even less effective. He criticizes the defense industry's …
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